Peter Traunmueller is an Austrian drummer, pianist, composer, arranger and educator based in New York City.   Peter's fascination with all kinds of styles and aspects of music, his willingness to staying open to new artistic possibilities and approaches, his strong belief in supporting and connecting meaningfully with other artists, combined with a steadfast commitment to studying and growing within music, art and life itself, plus the immeasurable support of many wonderful people has been enabling him a well-diversified career as a performing artist on drums and piano, as well as a composer and arranger.   Memorable performances as a drummer include music festival appearances in the US, China, Spain, Greece, Peru, Canada and Austria as well as playing at prestigous music venues such as Blue Note NYC, Birdland NYC, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Smalls Jazz Club among many others with musicians and bands such as Michel Reis, Assaf Kehati, Milo Z, Hyuna Park Trio, Lukas Gabric Quartet, Joe Alterman Trio, Mimi & The Podd Bros., Ryo Sasaki Group, Lukas Kletzander Quartet, Hermann Linecker, Andi Haidecker, Alois Eberl & John Arman.In 2015, Peter joined Milo Z and his band on drums, playing major venues such as Sony Hall NYC, BB King's and The Cutting Room, and opening for bands such as The Family Stone and Prince's New Power Generation.A highlight in Peter’s keyboard playing career was a performance with Greg Errico and Days Of Wild, headlining the WE2019 Festival in Virginia (US) among legendary bands Vanilla Fudge and Jefferson Starship.As a composer, Peter has composed numerous recorded works for various Jazz band formations, he contributed as a composer and performer to “NYC - This Is Us", a two-part documentary film commissioned by the Austrian Cultural Forum NYC, and he is a co-composer /arranger on albums of his regular collaborators.  Peter is also a member of the New York Composer’s Circle (NYCC) and his Piece For String Quartet will be performed with NYCC in February 2024.As an arranger, Peter has mostly been working with his own groups over the years, arranging well-known Jazz Standards and popular songs.In collaboration with Pierre Piscitelli, Peter has arranged numerous Beatles songs for string quartet for Cellophane Flowers feat. Jeff Lubin, who performed their arrangements at the Fest For Beatles Fans in 2015.   Peter is also an active member of the illustrious NYC music scene, performing & having performed with artists such as Jon Davis, Will Galison, Steve Whipple, Elias Meister, Curtis J, Danny Lipsitz, Peter Maness, Rob Block, Assaf Kehati, Danny Fernandez, John DiMartino, Jim Cammack, Joel Frahm, Dennis Brandner, Gianni Gagliardi, Jim Funnell’s Word Out, Phil Robson, Jed Levy, Dan Block, Pete Malinverni, Michael Kanan, John Stetch, Alex Clough, Alexa Barchini, Jonathan Fritz, Larry Cooley, Katie Henry, Steve Einerson, Peter Brendler, Russ Nolan, David Linard, Emily Braden, Frank Ocasio Brother Band, among many others.